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▪ I. yar(r, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 4 ȝar(r)en, 7 yarre.
[Imitative. Cf. arr v.2, garre v., yirr.]
intr. To snarl or growl, as or like a dog. Hence ˈyarrer; ˈyarring vbl. n. and ppl. a.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1595, & he ȝarrande hym ȝelde. Ibid. 1724 Loude he was ȝayned, with ȝarande speche. 1611Cotgr., S'entregratter, to whurre, yarre, grumble, one at another. Ibid., Gronderie,..whurling, yarring. Ibid., Grondeur,..a whurrer, or yarrer. 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxii. 153 When he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their accesse to her. 1768Beattie To Mr. A. Ross in Helenore (1812) 132 In kittle times, when faes are yarring. 1866J. E. Brogden Provincial Words & Expressions Lincs. 227 Yar, to snarl. 1953G. M. Durrell Overloaded Ark x. 181 A young and foolish bitch..had yapped and yarred herself into a fit of hysterical bravery.
▪ II. yar
obs. or dial. f. earth, ere, their, yair n., your; var. yah int.1 |